Yarn-reeling machine



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Patented Oct. 15, 1 89.

YARN REELING MACHINE.

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YARN REELING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. l5, 1889.

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:HARRY HARDWIOK, AMOS M. ULMER, AND FRANK FOIVLER, OF PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

YARN-REELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,055, dated October 15, 1889 Application iiled March ll, 1887. Serial No. 230,493. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, HARRY HARDWICK, AMos M. ULMER, and FRANK'FOWLER, all citizens of the United States, and residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Yarn-Reeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide 1o for the proper delivery of the yarn from the bobbins or cops in a reeling-frame Without the necessity of changing the position of said bobbins or cops When they are partially un- Wound, and this object We attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichh Figure 1 is a rear view of a reel-frame constructed in accordance With our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on 2o the line 1 2, Fig. l. Figs. 3 and 4L are diagrams illustrating the operation of the frame, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the spindles of the frame with its bearings and brake and parts of the iiXed bars of the frame.

2 5 A represents the fixed frame of the machine, to suitable bearings in which `is adapted the shaft B of the reel, the latter being constructed in any of the usual Ways.

To longitudinal bars c1. at the rear of the 3o frame are secured bearings b for the lower portions of spindles D, which carry the cops w, from Which. the yarn is to be unwound upon the reel, the yarn passing from the ,cops through a guide-eyewon a bar d, and thence through a guideeye y on the traversebarf. Usually the bar d is fixed and the frame is provided With t-Wo sets of bearings for the spindles D, one set serving to hold said spindles rigidly in an upright position and the other set serving to receive the spindles in ahorizontal position and to permit them to turn. The spindles are adapted to the fixed bearings, and are held in an upright position, as shown in Fig. l, for instance,

While the main body of yarn is being un- Wound therefrom, the yarn being drawn off in a direc-tion substantially parallel With the spindle. spindle has been reduced, however, this 5o method of unwinding is impracticable, as the When the supply of yarn from theV yarn has a tendency to Wrap around the projecting portion of the spindle and interfere with its free delivery, or the strand Will sometimes catch under the cop and be broken or pull the cop from the spindle, so as to cause Waste. Ordinarily,therefore, the spindle is removed from its fixed bearings and applied to the horizontal bearings when the unwinding of the yarn has been partially completed, the spindle being permitted to rotate While the re- 6o mainder of yarn is beng univound therefrom.

In order to avoid the necessity of this shifting of the spindles, We mount them in the bearn ings l), so that they are free to rotate therein, l and We provide means for changing the course 6 5 of the yarn in its delivery from the spindle,

so that during the first part of the unwinding operation it will be drawn from the spindle in a direction substantially parallel With the same, as usual, but during the latter part of 7o the unwinding operation Will be drawn off in a direction substantially at right angles to the axis of the spindle, the latter rotating in its bearings to permit such delivery of the yarn. In the machine shown in Figs. l and 2 this is effected by the vertical adjustment of the bar d, carrying the upper guide-eyes w, said bar being guided in slotted standards F on the frame, and being provided with suitable counter-Weights g, which are connected 8o to the bar by chains h, passing over conveniently-arranged pulleys 1T. Vhen the bar is in the elevated position, the guide-eye w occupies such a position in respect to the spin dle that the yarn will be drawn from the end 8 5 of the same, as usual,and as shown in Fig. 3; but by depressing the bar the eye w is caused to occupy such a relation to the spindle that the yarn can be drawn therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4t, the spindle rotating during this op- 9o eration. It will thus be seen that by simply depressing the bar CZ the shifting of the spindles from one set of bearings to another is rendered unnecessary. Suitable Weighted catches p serve to retain the bar d in either the elevated. or depressed position.

In order to prevent overrunning of the spindle during the time that the yarn is being drawn therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4, We hang to brackets m on one of the bars a 10o curved arms a, one for each spindle, these arms having at the lower ends lblocks n', which bear upon the spindles and serve as brakes for the same, the blocks being, if desired, faced with leather or other frictional material.

The shaft of the reel is driven by means of a belt from any available counter-shaft, one end of said reel-shaft being provided with a fast pulley J and loose pulley J for receiving the belt, and said shaft also having a bevel- Wheel s, Which gears into a bevel-pinion s on a shaft t, having at the upper end a disk c, With crank-pin c, adapted to a slot in a bar u, connected to the traverse-bar f, so that a proper reciprocating motion will be imparted to the latter. The means for driving the reel and traverse-bar, however; tre common in machines as at present constructed, and form no art of our invention, but may he moditiefes` Circumstances may suggest.

We are aware that it has been proposed to provide a yarn-spooling machine with verti- Cal cop-.shafts which could be rotated and also. with fixed guides, one set of which could be used when the con was being rotated and the other set when the yarn was beingv drawn endwise from the ccp; hence we donot claim euch construction.

We Claim. as our invention.

1. The combination of the reel and its shaft, the spindles hearings in which Said. spindles are free to turn, and a bar carrying guides for the yarn, said bar being movable vertically, so'as to'change the direction of delivery of the yarn from the spindles, all substantially as specified. i

2. The combination of the reel and its shaft, the spindles, and bearings in which said spindles are free to turn, a movable bar having guides for the yarn, and Weights connected to said bar and serving to counterbalance the same, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the reel and its shaft, the spindles, and bearings in which said spindles are free to turn, a bar having guides for the yarn and movable vertically, so as to change the direction of delivery of the yarn from the spindles, and a traverse-bar having guides for receiving the yarn after the same passes through the guides of the shifting-bar, all substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the reel audits shaft, the spindles, bearings in Which said spindles are free to turn, a bar having guide- S for the yar-n, and movable so as to change the direction of delivery of the yarn from the spindles,

and hooked catches for` retaining Said. hatJ in either of its extreme positions, all substanf tially es Specified.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specicaton inthe presence ef two subscribing' Wit,nesnesv PHILIPP DIOKEL, FRANK. P. BEAL. 

